All posts tagged Pebble

In another sign that the shine is coming off the much-ballyhooed wearable hardware market, health-tracking device maker Misfit is announcing today that its software and its iOS app will be compatible with the smartwatch from competitor Pebble. Read More »

Its face is about the size you’d expect, though it’s about twice as thick as an average timepiece. It doesn’t make or take calls, shoot photos or cook your lunch. Instead, it gives you alerts from your phone, and lets you do more wrist-friendly functions like playing music or scrolling through nearby Yelp listings. It does just enough to let you sneak a peek at what’s important when it would be rude or impractical to get out your phone.

The Pebble Steel is the first smartwatch that I would actually consider wearing. And I did wear it…for nearly two weeks straight. Read More »

One of the biggest criticisms of smartwatches? They’re ugly. These big-screened plastic wearables are nowhere near as handsome as the Movado, Nixon or Tag Heuer timepiece you might already have on your wrist.

It is something that has been driving Pebble, the maker of one of the most popular smartwatches, pretty crazy. “We wanted to figure out how we could get Pebble on more wrists, and the answer was through an industrial design change,” Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of Pebble, said in an interview. Read More »

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s biggest annual tech-gadget party, is going to be crawling with “smart” doodads that attach to your wrist, face or some other body part (like feet).

Smartwatches and attachable fitness trackers are everywhere already: Fitbit, Kiwi, Qualcomm’s Toq and, of course, Galaxy Gear. Pebble is inviting people to see “something special” at CES. As far as technology for your face, Google Glass is the king of coverage, even if the headset is still only in “alpha” testing, but competitors lurk – one coming from out of our sci-fi dreams to show smart contact lenses at the Las Vegas show.

All of these available devices doesn’t necessarily mean the tech industry — or people — are ready for them. Or want them. But the devices are coming, nonetheless. Read More »

The Pebble Smart Watch helps you check your phone notifications and control your music without pulling out your iPhone or Android. But, Walt Mossberg tells us it is best to wait for Pebble to work out some kinks before you buy. Read More »